4 Simple Mistakes RUINING Your Poker Tournament Results

A lot of players struggle to close out tournaments. I get asked all the time about how to close the gap, and it turns out that these players have a lot of issues in common. Today I want to talk about some of these common mistakes and how to fix them.

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[Bannedforfun]

I find a good winning strategy is flopping quads. If you can do that, you'll see your winrate improve rapidly!

[toptenguy]

Tip #5 : When playing online tournaments, yell "FOOLLDDDD!!! FFOOLLLDDD!!! FFOOOLLDDDD!!!" at your computer screen.

[Jealod]

So glad Doug explained to play “normally” against top players I might recognize, cause you know, I’m running into Negreanu all the time in my low stakes tourneys on PokerStars…

[jaysooz]

Instructions unclear; bought into WSOP for half my roll

[rickvaughn]

Doug, I realize that you put out this content for exposure and to gain subscribers ($), but you come across as knowledgeable, while being lighthearted, self-deprecating and genuine in these videos. You have a knack for this. Keep up the great work!

[TheLandOfTears]

Here is the bottom line to ANY TOURNAMENT... the bottom line is, you gotta win flips, that's it. Everything else is secondary.

[EricA-xdfn]

Thanks for the call-out, Doug. Your shtick is BOTH funny and spot-on.

[ericstewart]

This is so relevant to me. Played in a $240 NLH event yesterday and got 17th out of 120. I'm always right there at the end then I'm just blinding out on the bubble. It sucks.

[Mathzak]

I think an important part of aggression is players noticing it and adapting their range, and you being able to exploit that. If they see you jam with KQ, they’ll start calling your jams with AT or A9, which gives your AQs or AKs much more value. Creating your range is almost as effective as having the hands themselves

[jackiewilliams]

tip number one to win your first MTT...play 300 of them

[christopherkaye]

Hey Doug, this was uber helpful thank you man. I'm about to play my first 11 dollar on Sunday, so gonna play it tight, hopefully get through the riff raft and then release the beast.

[wrxislife]

Hey Doug, I just played my first tourney after watching this and won 1st place. Thanks for the help on all your videos!

[RazzleDaazle]

i think doug deserves more credit for the amount of content he provides us plebs.

[oyuyuy]

Hi Dan, quick question. Is it better to play a 50$ MTT with 40$ rake or a 100$ MTT with 35$ rake? Like, I know more rake is better, but I also want my opponents to respect my raises. What should I do?
Thanks in advance!

[treavenk]

Just wanted to say thanks for your PTOTD a few days ago. I needed a quick reminder to "Play your game." I started to question a few moves I made but in the end, lesson learned and I'm in the green. Just getting a little reassurance from ya was a huge help. Keep it up. Thanks man

[TheWeekendWar]

5 hours into my first 20k- I had ladies cracked by the small blinds 43 off (he was trying to bluff me off my 2.5x raise). The straight he turned busted me in 43rd... I even flopped a q giving me a set. I fixated for weeks on what I could have done differently. "Should I have gone all in and aimed for the blinds/antes? Was it the right move to under rep to get the big and small to put more chips in?"

Fast forward- the next two 20ks I entered, made final table, ran great, and bluffs went through. Playing the exact game that fucked me at the first.

Point being- trust that you're good enough to be at the table if you're sitting there! Everyone gets sucked out on sometimes. Bad luck is a feature of this game. Good luck guys.

[Mitjitsu]

Two fundamental mistakes I see people making in tournaments.

1. Playing too many hands early on
2. Playing too few hands late on

[KidsLearnHTML]

"Good players get 2 cards -just like you." Well said.

[markemmerson]

So I watched this video this morning and joined some low stakes tourney tonight with the deliberate notion of not thinking as much about ICM and won 50$ from like I gotta say winning first feels incredible after usually finishing 10th 20th or 30th or whatever. Your tip about going hard with antes and if it's your time to go really changed my game. You're my poker hero bud.

[andreialexandruparfeni]

Doug, why don't you change your name to Doug Pok? You know, because of POKer Hands?